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thanks

intj · noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈθæŋks/
  • [ˈθæŋks]
  • UK: /ˈfæŋks/
  • UK: [ˈfæŋks]
  • /ˈðæŋks/
  • [ˈðæŋks]
  • /ˈθeɪ̯ŋks/
  • [ˈθeɪ̯ŋks] ~ /ˈθɛ̃ŋks/
  • [ˈθɛ̃ŋks]
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈðeɪ̯ŋks/
  • [ˈðeɪ̯ŋks] ~ /ˈðɛ̃ŋks/
  • [ˈðɛ̃ŋks]
  • rhymes with -æŋks
  • CMU ARPABET: TH AE1 NG K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks. —Have you got enough now? —Yes, thanks.
  • Would you like some potatoes? — Thanks. —How many?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: beauty, cheers, chur, gracias, gramercy, h/t, hat tip, many thanks, shoutout, merci, mercy buckets, mercy bucket, much appreciated, much obliged, sankyu, spank you, spank you very much, shot, shotties, shucks, tanks, thank you, thank you so much, thank you very much, thank you kindly, thank'ee, thankee, thanks, thanks a heap, thanks a lot, thanks a bunch, thanks a million, thanks a ton, thanks heaps, thanks very much, thanksh, todah rabah, ta, ta everso, ta muchly, obliged, 10q, 10x, kthx, thnk, thx, tia, tnx, tq, txs, ty, tysm, tyvm

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An expression of appreciation or gratitude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

Examples

  • After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is the thanks I get?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-normally

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

plural of thank

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, obsolete, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

third-person singular simple present indicative of thank

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

with the help of or owing to

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • thanks to hard work it was a great success

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: aid, assist, assistance, help

7

noun

Meaning 7

an acknowledgment of appreciation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acknowledgment, acknowledgement

Narrower terms: appreciation, thank you, bow, curtain call

History

Etymology

From Middle English thanks, thankes, from Old English þancas (“thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōs, nominative plural of *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). More at thank.

Across languages

Translations

277 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dankie — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Albanian: faleminderit — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Albanian: rrofsh — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Ambonese Malay: dangke — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Amharic: አመሰግናለሁ (ʾämäsägnalähu) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Arabic: شُكْرًا (šukran) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Arabic: شكرا (šukran) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Arabic: مرسي (mersī) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Arabic: شُكْرًا (šukran) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Arabic: تِسْلَم (tislam) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Arabic: شكرا (šukran) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܨܦܵܝ (ṣpāy) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Armenian: շնորհակալություն (šnorhakalutʻyun) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Assamese: ধন্যবাদ (dhoinnobad) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Assamese: থেংকিউ (theṅkiu) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Asturian: gracies — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Azerbaijani: çox sağ ol — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Azerbaijani: təşəkkür edirəm — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Bangi: litondi — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Basque: eskerrik asko — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Basque: mila esker — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Basque: esker aunitz — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Belarusian: дзя́кую (dzjákuju) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Belarusian: дзя́куй (dzjákuj) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Belarusian: спасі́ба (spasíba) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Bengali: ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Bengali: শুকরিয়া (śukriẏa) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Breton: trugarez — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Bulgarian: благодаря́ (blagodarjá) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Bulgarian: мерси́ (mersí) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Burmese: ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kye:ju:tangpasany) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Catalan: gràcies — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Catalan: mercès — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chamicuro: osolopaki — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎾᎵᎮᎵᎬ (analiheligv) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Cherokee: ᏩᏙ (wado) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chinese Cantonese: 多謝 /多谢 (do1 ze6) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chinese Cantonese: 唔該 /唔该 (m4 goi1) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chinese: рахмат (rahmat) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chinese: дуәще (duəxiə) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chinese: 多謝 /多谢 (zh-min-nan) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chinese Mandarin: 謝謝 /谢谢 (xièxie) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多謝 /多谢 (duōxiè) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chinese Mandarin: 三Q (sānkiù) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chinook Jargon: masi — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chukchi: рэӄуԓымӈэ (rėquḷymṇė) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Chukchi: вэԓынкыӄун (vėḷynkyqun) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Cia-Cia: tarima kasi — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Cia-Cia: 따리마 까시 — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Cornish: meur ras — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Czech: díky — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Danish: tak — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Dutch: bedankt — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Dutch: dank je — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Dutch: dank u — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Dutch: thanks — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Dutch: merci — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Esperanto: dankon — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Estonian: tänan — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Estonian: aitäh — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Ewe: akpe — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Faroese: takk — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Finnish: kiitos — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Finnish: kiitti — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • French: merci — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • West-Frisian: tankewol — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • West-Frisian: tanke — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Galician: grazas — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Galician: graciñas — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Garo: mitela — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Georgian: გმადლობთ (gmadlobt) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Georgian: მადლობა (madloba) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Georgian: გმადლობ (gmadlob) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • German: danke — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Greek: ευχαριστώ (efcharistó) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Ancient Greek: εὐχαριστῶ (eukharistô) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Hebrew: תּוֹדָה (todá) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Hebrew: חֵן חֵן (khén khén) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Hindi: धन्यवाद (dhanyavād) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Hindi: शुक्रिया (śukriyā) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Hindi: थैंक्स (tha͠iks) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Hindi: थैंक्यू (tha͠ikyū) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Hungarian: köszönöm — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Hungarian: köszi — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Icelandic: takk — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Icelandic: takk fyrir — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Icelandic: þakka þér — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Ido: danko — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Igbo: ị́mẹ̄lá — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Indonesian: terima kasih — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Irish: go raibh maith agat — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Irish: go raibh maith agaibh — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Italian: grazie — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Japanese: ありがとう (arigatō) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Japanese: どうも (dōmo) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Japanese: ありがとうございます (arigatō gozaimasu) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Jingpho: chyeju kaba sai — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Kazakh: сізге рахмет (sızge raxmet) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Kazakh: рақмет сізге (raqmet sızge) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Khmer: អរគុណ (ʼɑɑ kun) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Korean: 고마워 (gomawo) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Korean: 고맙다 (gomapda) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Korean: 고마워요 (gomawoyo) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Korean: 고맙습니다 (gomapseumnida) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Central Kurdish: سوپاس (supas) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Central Kurdish: سپاس (spas) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Northern Kurdish: spas — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Northern Kurdish: memnûn — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Northern Kurdish: teşekur — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Kyrgyz: рахмат (rahmat) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Kyrgyz: ыракмат (ırakmat) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Ladino: grasias — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Ladino: mersi — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Ladino: shukur — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Lao: ຂໍຂອບໃຈ (khǭ khǭp chai) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Lao: ຂອບໃຈ (khǭp chai) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Latin: gratias — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Latin: gratias ago — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Latvian: paldies — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Lingala: litondi — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Lithuanian: ačiū — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Lithuanian: dėkui — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Luganda: webale — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Luxembourgish: merci — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Macedonian: фала (fala) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Macedonian: благодарам (blagodaram) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Malay: terima kasih — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Maltese: grazzi — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Marwari: धनवाद (dhanvād) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Marwari: धिनवाद (dhinvād) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Mongolian: баярлалаа (bajarlalaa) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thēumēi — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Nahuatl: tlazohcāmati — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Navajo: ahéheeʼ — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Nepali: धन्यवाद (dhanyavād) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Nheengatu: kwekatú — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Norwegian: takk — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Occitan: mercé — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Occitan: mercés — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Old English: þancas ic dō — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Old English: þancas ic secge — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Palauan: sulang — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Papiamentu: danki — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Pashto: مننه (manëna) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Persian: ممنون (mamnun) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Persian: سپاس (sepâs) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Persian: مرسی (mersi) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Persian: تشکر (tašakkor) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Polish: dziękuję — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Polish: dzięki — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Portuguese: obrigado — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Portuguese: obrigada — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Portuguese: valeu — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Romanian: mulțumesc — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Romanian: mersi — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Romansh: grazia fich — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Russian: спаси́бо (spasíbo) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Russian: благодарю́ (blagodarjú) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Inari-Sami: takkâ — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Northern Sami: giitu — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Skolt-Sami: späʹsseb — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Samoan: fa'afetai — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Sanskrit: धन्यवादान (dhanyavādāna) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Sanskrit: अनुगृहीतोऽस्मि (anugṛhītoʼsmi) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Scots: thank — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Scottish Gaelic: taing — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Serbo-Croatian: хва́ла — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Serbo-Croatian: hvála — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Sinhalese: ඉස්තුති (istuti) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Sinhalese: ස්තුති (stuti) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Slovak: vďaka — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Slovak: ďakujem — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Slovene: hvála — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Lower Sorbian: źěkujom se — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Spanish: gracias — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Sranan Tongo: danki — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Sranan Tongo: tangi — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Swahili: asante — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Swahili: nashukuru — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Swedish: tack — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Swedish: tackar — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Sylheti: ꠡꠥꠇ꠆ꠞꠤꠀ (śukria) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Sylheti: ꠗꠂꠘ꠆ꠘꠛꠣꠖ (dóinnobad) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Tagalog: salamat — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Tajik: ташаккур (tašakkur) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Tajik: раҳмат (rahmat) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Tamil: நன்றி (naṉṟi) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Tatar: рәхмәт (räxmät) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Telugu: ధన్యవాదాలు (dhanyavādālu) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Thai: ขอบคุณ (kɔ̀ɔp-kun) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Tigrinya: የመስግነካ (yämäsgənäka) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Tlingit: gunalchéesh — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Turkish: sağ ol — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Turkish: teşekkürler — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Turkish: teşekkür ederim — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Ottoman Turkish: مرسی (mersi) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Turkmen: sagboluň — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Turkmen: spasiba — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Ukrainian: дя́кую (djákuju) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Ukrainian: спаси́бі (spasýbi) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Unami: wanìshi — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Urdu: شُکْرِیَہ (śukriya) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Urdu: نَوَازِش (navāziś) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Urdu: مِہَرْبانی (meharbānī) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Urdu: دھنیہ واد (dhanya-vād) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Uyghur: رەھمەت (rehmet) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Uzbek: rahmat — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Uzbek: tashakkur — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Vietnamese: cám ơn — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Welsh: diolch — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Yiddish: דאַנק (dank) — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Yucatec Maya: níib óol — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Yup'ik: quyana — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Zulu: ngiyabonga — used to express appreciation or gratitude
  • Bengali: ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad) — expression of gratitude
  • Bengali: শুকরিয়া (śukriẏa) — expression of gratitude
  • Bulgarian: призна́телност (priznátelnost) — expression of gratitude
  • Bulgarian: благода́рност (blagodárnost) — expression of gratitude
  • Catalan: mercè — expression of gratitude
  • Catalan: mercès — expression of gratitude
  • Catalan: gràcies — expression of gratitude
  • Chinese: 多謝 /多谢 (zh-min-nan) — expression of gratitude
  • Czech: díky — expression of gratitude
  • Danish: tak — expression of gratitude
  • Dutch: bedankt — expression of gratitude
  • Esperanto: danko — expression of gratitude
  • Ewe: akpe — expression of gratitude
  • Faroese: tøkk — expression of gratitude
  • Faroese: takk — expression of gratitude
  • Finnish: kiitos — expression of gratitude
  • Finnish: kiitokset — expression of gratitude
  • French: remerciements — expression of gratitude
  • Galician: grazas — expression of gratitude
  • German: Dank — expression of gratitude
  • German: Danksagung — expression of gratitude
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃 (þagks) — expression of gratitude
  • Greek: ευχαριστώ (efcharistó) — expression of gratitude
  • Hebrew: תּוֹדָה (todá) — expression of gratitude
  • Hungarian: köszönet — expression of gratitude
  • Hunsrik: Dank — expression of gratitude
  • Icelandic: þökk — expression of gratitude
  • Icelandic: þakkargerð — expression of gratitude
  • Icelandic: þakkargjörð — expression of gratitude
  • Japanese: 謝辞 (shaji) — expression of gratitude
  • Oromo: galata — expression of gratitude
  • Plautdietsch: Dank — expression of gratitude
  • Polish: podzięka — expression of gratitude
  • Polish: podziękowanie — expression of gratitude
  • Portuguese: agradecimentos — expression of gratitude
  • Romanian: mulțumiri — expression of gratitude
  • Russian: благода́рность (blagodárnostʹ) — expression of gratitude
  • Scottish Gaelic: taing — expression of gratitude
  • Sidamo: galata — expression of gratitude
  • Spanish: gracias — expression of gratitude
  • Swedish: tack — expression of gratitude
  • Tagalog: salamat — expression of gratitude
  • Tagalog: pagsasalamat — expression of gratitude
  • Tamil: நன்றி (naṉṟi) — expression of gratitude
  • Ukrainian: подя́ка (podjáka) — expression of gratitude
  • Volapük: dan — expression of gratitude
  • Bulgarian: призна́телност (priznátelnost) — grateful feelings
  • Bulgarian: благода́рност (blagodárnost) — grateful feelings
  • Dutch: dank — grateful feelings
  • Finnish: kiitokset — grateful feelings
  • French: remerciement — grateful feelings
  • German: Dank — grateful feelings
  • Greek: ευχαριστία (efcharistía) — grateful feelings
  • Greek: ευγνωμοσύνη (evgnomosýni) — grateful feelings
  • Ancient Greek: εὐχαρστία (eukharstía) — grateful feelings
  • Hungarian: hála — grateful feelings
  • Italian: ringraziamento — grateful feelings
  • Portuguese: gratidão — grateful feelings
  • Portuguese: agradecimento — grateful feelings
  • Russian: благода́рность (blagodárnostʹ) — grateful feelings
  • Spanish: agradecimiento — grateful feelings
  • Swedish: tack — grateful feelings
  • Tamil: நன்றிகள் (naṉṟikaḷ) — grateful feelings
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